U.S. Political, Economic Calendar - Week Ahead

Dow Jones05-13 18:30
All dates are in ET Time. 
 
Wednesday, May 13, 2026                                      Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0700/1100  05/08    MBA Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey 
                       Composite Idx                                    285.3 
                       Composite Idx, W/W%                              -4.4% 
                       Purchase Idx-SA                                  171.1 
                       Purchase Idx-SA, W/W%                            -3.7% 
                       Refinance Idx                                    928.6 
                       Refinance Idx, W/W%                              -5.0% 
0830/1230  Apr      PPI 
                       PPI, M/M%                             +0.5%      +0.5% 
                       Ex-Food & Energy PPI, M/M%            +0.4%      +0.1% 
                       Personal Consumption                             +0.5% 
1000/1400  Apr      Online Help Wanted Index 
1030/1430  05/08    EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report 
                       Crude Oil Stocks (Bbl)                           457.182M 
                       Crude Oil Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)       -2.3M      -2.313M 
                       Gasoline Stocks (Bbl)                            219.795M 
                       Gasoline Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)        -2.6M      -2.504M 
                       Distillate Stocks (Bbl)                          102.344M 
                       Distillate Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)      -2.1M      -1.294M 
                       Refinery Usage                        90.6%      90.1% 
                       Total Prod Supplied (Bbl/day)                    19.484M 
                       Total Prod Supplied, Net Chg                     -1.647M 
                       (Bbl/day) 
1100/1500           Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Susan Collins speaks 
                    before the Boston Economic Club 
1300/1700           FRB Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari speaks at St. Paul 
                    Area Chamber event 
1900/2300           FRB Dallas President Lorie Logan moderates conversation at 
                    Global Perspectives event 
 
Thursday, May 14, 2026                                       Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0830/1230  Apr      Import & Export Price Indexes 
                       Import Prices                         +0.9%      +0.8% 
                       Non-Petroleum Prices                             +0.1% 
                       Petroleum Prices                                 +9.4% 
0830/1230           U.S. Weekly Export Sales 
0830/1230  Apr      Advance Monthly Sales for Retail & Food Services 
                       Overall Sales-SA, M/M%                +0.5%      +1.7% 
                       Sales, Ex-Auto, M/M%                  +0.8%      +1.9% 
                       Sales, Ex-Auto & Gas, M/M%                       +0.6% 
0830/1230  05/09    Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report - Initial Claims 
                       Jobless Claims                        205K       200K 
                       Jobless Claims, Net Chg                          +10K 
                       Continuing Claims                                1766000 
                       Continuing Claims, Net Chg                       -10K 
0930/1330           IMF regular press briefing with Communications Director Julie 
                    Kozack 
1000/1400  Mar      Manufacturing & Trade: Inventories & Sales 
                       Total Inventories                     +0.9%      +0.4% 
1030/1430  05/08    EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report 
                       Working Gas In Storage (Cbf)                     2205B 
                       Working Gas In Storage, Net Chg                  +63B 
                       (Cbf) 
1300/1700           FRB Cleveland President Beth Hammack speaks at 'Conversations 
                    on Central Banking' event 
1400/1800           U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Closed Meeting 
1630/2030           Federal Discount Window Borrowings 
1630/2030           Foreign Central Bank Holdings 
1730/2130           Money Marketeers dinner event with Federal Reserve Governor 
                    Michael Barr 
 
Friday, May 15, 2026                                         Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0830/1230  May      Empire State Manufacturing Survey 
                       Mfg Idx                               7.0        11.0 
                       Employment Idx                                   9.8 
                       New Orders Idx                                   19.3 
                       Prices Received                                  21.8 
0915/1315  Apr      Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization 
                       Industrial Production, M/M%           +0.2%      -0.5% 
                       Capacity Utilization %                75.8%      75.7% 
                       Capacity Utilization, Net Chg (Pts)              -0.4 
1000/1400           ISM Semiannual Supply Chain Planning Forecast 
 
Monday, May 18, 2026                                         Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
1000/1400  May      NAHB Housing Market Index 
                       Housing Mkt Idx                                  34 
1000/1400  Q1       Quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales 
1600/2000  Mar      Treasury International Capital Data 
 
Tuesday, May 19, 2026                                        Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0855/1255  05/16    Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index 
                       Ret Sales Mo-to-Date, Y/Y%                       +9.6% 
                       Latest Wk, Y/Y%                                  +9.6% 
1000/1400  Apr      Pending Home Sales Index 
                       Pending Home Sales                               73.7 
                       Pending Home Sales Idx, M/M%                     +1.5% 
                       Pending Home Sales Idx , Y/Y%                    -1.1% 
1000/1400  Mar      Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment 
1245/1645           World Economic Situation and Prospects mid-year update launch 
1630/2030           API Weekly Statistical Bulletin 
 
Wednesday, May 20, 2026                                      Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0700/1100  05/15    MBA Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey 
                       Composite Idx 
                       Composite Idx, W/W% 
                       Purchase Idx-SA 
                       Purchase Idx-SA, W/W% 
                       Refinance Idx 
                       Refinance Idx, W/W% 
1030/1430  05/15    EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report 
                       Crude Oil Stocks (Bbl) 
                       Crude Oil Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl) 
                       Gasoline Stocks (Bbl) 
                       Gasoline Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl) 
                       Distillate Stocks (Bbl) 
                       Distillate Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl) 
                       Refinery Usage 
                       Total Prod Supplied (Bbl/day) 
                       Total Prod Supplied, Net Chg 
                       (Bbl/day) 
1400/1800           Federal Open Market Committee meeting minutes published 
 
Thursday, May 21, 2026                                       Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0830/1230  May      Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook Survey 
                       Business Activity                                26.7 
                       Prices Paid                                      59.3 
                       Employment                                       -5.1 
                       New Orders                                       33.0 
                       Prices Received                                  33.5 
                       Delivery Times                                   1.7 
                       Inventories                                      -1.9 
                       Shipments                                        34.0 
0830/1230  Apr      New Residential Construction - Housing Starts and Building 
                    Permits 
                       Total Starts                                     1.502M 
                       Housing Starts, M/M%                             +10.8% 
                       Building Permits                                 1.372M 
                       Building Permits, M/M%                           -10.8% 
0830/1230  05/16    Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report - Initial Claims 
                       Jobless Claims 
                       Jobless Claims, Net Chg 
                       Continuing Claims 
                       Continuing Claims, Net Chg 
0830/1230           U.S. Weekly Export Sales 
0945/1345  May      US Flash Services PMI 
                       PMI, Services                                    51.3 
0945/1345  May      US Flash Manufacturing PMI 
                       PMI, Mfg                                         54.0 
1000/1400  Q1       Advance Quarterly Services 
1030/1430  05/15    EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report 
                       Working Gas In Storage (Cbf) 
                       Working Gas In Storage, Net Chg 
                       (Cbf) 
1100/1500  May      Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Survey of Tenth District 
                    Manufacturing 
                       Mfg Activity Idx                                 10 
                       6-Mo Exp Prod Idx                                31 
                       Mfg Composite Idx                                10 
                       6-Mo Exp Composite Idx                           18 
1630/2030           Federal Discount Window Borrowings 
1630/2030           Foreign Central Bank Holdings 
 
 

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